"So......" asked Smith, "what does the Colonel think the Japanese are doing this?" ”

"In order to hide their flight divisions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Zhang Chi replied: "To be exact, it is to preserve strength!" ”

"Preserve your strength?"

Zhang Chi nodded: "In our country, our army is often far inferior to the Japanese in terms of equipment and supply conditions, so we adopted a tactic...... Don't directly confront the Japanese, save your strength and give the opponent a sudden blow......"

"Oh!" Hearing this, Smith suddenly realized: "What does the colonel mean...... That's how the Japanese used it? ”

"That's right!" Zhang Chi replied: "It's just that the Japanese are not people who use this tactic, but fighters!" ”

Halsey stared at the map silently for a long time, and then nodded: "The expansion of the airport is not for the purpose of stationing more fighters, but for each airport to accommodate this flight division; Construction of additional airport ...... It's to have more hidden places. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded.

"So...... We misjudged the intentions of the Japanese from the very beginning. Smith said with some anger: "And those fighters that we blew up...... It's quite possible that it's just a model, and we've been fooled by these damn Japanese! ”

"But ......," Johnson asked, "what does this have to do with our annihilation of the Japanese air power?" ”

"Of course it does!" "Because it means that the Japanese could be anywhere, Milley Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll, or even scattered on some unknown island," Smith said...... They only show up to us when we need to fight, and we don't even know which island they're on or if we're blowing up a real fighter plane or a model! ”

Hearing this, the admirals couldn't help but be silent.

At this time, the United States had the most powerful industrial system in the world, which could help the American military defeat almost any enemy.

However, the U.S. military is unable to defeat such an enemy, which can almost be said to be invisible and invisible, and the U.S. military has also shown extreme discomfort in the face of such a war. For example, the Vietnam War that followed.

"Maybe ......" After a while, someone suggested: "We can set up a structure similar to the Coast Guard, so that we can know where the Japanese fighters are hiding." ”

The idea is right, the fighter is no better than a man hiding in the jungle, it flies in the sky, it can be spotted at any time, and the efficiency of the coast guard is proven.

But......

"It took more than three months for our intelligence agencies to set up a coast guard in Australia and New Zealand!" Halsey said: "That's because Australia and New Zealand used to be a British colony, and the people there supported us, but here ......."

Needless to say, this is a Japanese colony, and they will obviously support Japan more, and it is not only difficult but even dangerous to establish an institution like the Coast Guard here, because the people will tell the Japanese.

"Well......" another suggested: "Why don't we use destroyers to do this job?" We have radar, don't we? ”

"Scatter them out to sea and become targets for the Japanese?" Halsey pushed back with a word.

It is true that the destroyers can spot the Japanese fighters, but at the same time, the lone destroyers cannot withstand the bombing of the Japanese fighters, and this idea is tantamount to sending the destroyers out one by one and becoming the prey of the Japanese fighters.

"So......" Smith turned his gaze to Zhang Chi.

"Why do we have to destroy the Japanese Flying Division?" Zhang Chi asked suspiciously.

Looking at the stunned US generals, Zhang Chi continued: "Will it interfere with our landing operations? Will there be big casualties on our landing force? No...... Today's failure is due to our carelessness, we have two main aircraft carriers and three escort carriers in each direction, and we also have 'Hellcats', if the Japanese fighters still dare to appear near Kwajalein, I think our pilots will teach them a hard lesson! ”

Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads, they didn't realize this, they were just used to landing after they had full air supremacy.

"Actually, I think ......," Smith continued, "the most effective tactic against the Japanese is to capture their airfields, especially Kwajale...... Because this will not only reduce their airfields, but also divide all their airfields in two, that is, by capturing Kwajalein airfield, it will be possible to crush the plans of the Japanese to 'preserve their strength' and leave them with nothing to follow! ”

Smith's words were quickly accepted by everyone, because everyone knew that if they had Kwajalein Airport, they could use Kwajalein Airport as the center of the circle to demarcate an air defense area of several hundred kilometers with land-based aviation, and it would be difficult for the Japanese air group to pass through this area when the US military had radar and "Hellcat."

"I agree with you, General!" Halsey said with a wuffled look, "Even ...... I believe that this is also the reason why the Japanese used the Flying Division when we landed on Kwajalein, and they had to hold Kwajalein. But...... We lost all the tank landing ships! ”

Halsey's words overwhelmed all the voices in the conference room in an instant.

The absence of tank landing ships meant that the US military could only attack the Japanese defense line with rifles and mortars...... It can't be more than an hour, otherwise the Higgins ship will run aground, which is too demanding for the US military.

"Do we ...... Can't you use the Higgins ship to transport the 'Sherman' landing? Zhang Chi asked.

During the Battle of Tarawa, the U.S. Army used Higgins ships to transport Sherman tanks loaded with waterproofing devices ashore.

But Halsey shook his head in frustration: "The theoretical maximum load capacity of the Higgins ship is 3.7 tons, which is still the load capacity of the transport type, and the 'Sherman' tank plus the waterproof device almost reaches the maximum load of the Higgins ship." This made the Higgins ship very drafted, and with the result that it could easily capsize under artillery fire, and it would not be able to land even in the early hours of the morning when our troops attacked, unless we decided from the beginning to let the Higgins ship run aground! ”

"On the other hand......," Smith added, "there are strong winds and waves on the seaward side of Kwajalein, and if the Sherman were forced to run aground, there would be a good chance that the waves would have penetrated Sherman's waterproofing system and caused Sherman to stall." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning, these were things he didn't expect. (To be continued.) )